SLN Clinic Policies
Absences and missed sessions Group members must make every effort to attend sessions to receive the full benefits. Group work is dependent on all group members attending every session. Your group will be most effective when everyone attends consistently as this...
Communication Training Program for Professionals & Students (CTPPS)
AGES: 18+ DATE: Sunday, August 30th TYPE: Day long TIME: 9:30 am - 3:30 pm Communication Training Program for Professional and Students is a day-long intensive workshop which includes an actionable communication plan, meeting...
Adult Stuttering Program
AGES: 18+ DATES: Saturday, August 29th TYPE: Day long TIME: 9:30 am – 3:30 pm Join us in this one-day stuttering workshop to learn skills, gain insights, and share perspectives regarding stuttering with people who “get it.” You...
STEM & Reading Camp
STEM & Reading Camp Grades 1/2Science Technology Engineering MathematicsGRADES: 1/2 DATES: August 24th – 28th TYPE: Week long TIME: 8:45 am – 11:50 am START: 9:00 am PICKUP: 11:50 am W: Note that all students participating will need to have...
Adult Case History Form
Child Case History Form
Your Voice and Making it to Parliament Hill.
Meet Ashish Kopargaonkar, Ph. D candidate, Pharmacology, University of Saskatchewan. Ashish recently completed our accent, stuttering and voice program offered here at the Speech Language Network in Saskatoon. He was dedicated to the training process and his speaking...
Accent Modification – Speech Therapy for Adults
Why Accent Modification Therapy? An accent can be charming, distinctive and unique to your linguistic character. However, if people are listening more to HOW you speak than WHAT you are saying you may begin to feel like your accent is becoming a deterrent to your...
Asperger’s and Asking For Directions
Devon - Age 21 It’s a darn good day, especially when one of your young adults on the Autism Spectrum tells you she is “preening with pride” over her latest accomplishment. The accomplishment; speaking to a stranger with confidence and getting directions to a...
Should Your Child Learn Another Language?
As speech-language pathologists we are often asked questions such as “Don’t children get confused if two languages are spoken around them?” or “Should I register my child in French Immersion?” In the word today, many children are exposed to or use more than one...
What No One Tells You About Speech Therapy Assistants!
Speech Therapy Assistants rock!!! Meet Lindsey, our down to earth, entertaining and exceptionally gifted Speech Language Therapy Assistant. I don’t think any of us knew just how great life would be at the Speech Language Network, until Lindsey arrived. To answer some...
How to Support Speech Language Growth With Total Communication
The use of total communication to build speech language skills Parents from all cultures eagerly await their child’s first words. In the first three years of life children move from coo’s and cries, the earliest forms of communication to combining phrases and...
Tips To Replace Screen Time In The Early Years
Speech Therapists, Screen Time and Toddlers – What We Know A common question speech-language pathologists ask parents is “How much screen-time/technology does your child have every day?” Five years ago we were not addressing this concern with parents. Times...
Why We Love Play (and you should too!)
Play is how children learn social skills. “Free” or unstructured play in early childhood is a very important way for children to learn about their world. When a child is playing they begin to develop social skills. They learn how to interact with other children and...
What is Social Thinking?
What is Social Thinking ®? The Social Mind Social Thinking ® is how we, as humans, communicate with each other. In a nutshell it’s how we experience other people and how we express ourselves to them. Social intelligence is how we make friends, act in...
Reclaim the Art of Conversing With These 5 tips
Reclaim the Art of Conversing With These 5 tips The art of conversation is lost. We keep hearing that phrase over and over. Yes, it’s true that our smartphones and laptops have created some complications when it comes to speaking face to face but we don’t think that...
What Is Speech Pathology?
What Is Speech Pathology? Speech Pathology is a study and treatment of speech and language problems. Speech Pathologists are trained clinicians that help patients with a variety of speech, language, social and overall communication problems. The most well-known area...
A Veterans Communication Journey
With Remembrance Day upon us, the Speech Language Network wanted to take a moment to remember those who fought for our country and for our freedom. It is difficult to find the words to express what our veterans have given each and every one of us. We also wanted to...